March 18, 2026
India’s digital welfare system is quietly eroding people’s basic rights
By prioritising control and surveillance over access and dignity, India’s digital welfare systems exclude many from basic rights to food, work, and education.
Venkateswarlu Kuruva
Venkateswarlu Kuruva has been working with LibTech India for the past eight years. His work focuses on documenting ground-level implementation of welfare schemes such as MGNREGA and PDS. Primarily based in Raichur district, Karnataka, he studies how digital systems such as Aadhaar affect access to social security benefits. Venkateswarlu also conducts trainings for nonprofit staff, rural youth, and grassroots activists on welfare rights and digital governance.
Areas of expertise
Rural livelihoods and employment, social protection and welfare delivery, digital governance and technology in welfare systems, field research and documentation, training and capacity building for grassroots organisations
Currently working at
LibTech India
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